Our apartment is located right next to the beach and a very nice path to take long walks where you can enjoy the views of Lake Michigan. This apartment is newly remodeled so you can enjoy a clean and updated space.
Quick communication and excellent "staying with us" kind of introductory guide. Plan ahead if parking but good advice was given on where to hunt. Hot water in the shower takes time to warm up, but stick with it!
My over all experience was NOT satisfactory.
- Poor communication: I was not given lockbox location information ahead of time. Therefore we had to stand in dark and cold wind for like an hour. So we ended up staying the night at a hotel.
- Top of that the host made arrangements for gas company to come at night to come in and fix some gas situation? And that seemed like very suspicious to me. Which company comes and check gas at night? And I was supposed to let them in? So I felt very unsafe for anyone to be coming in the apartment while we were staying. The host kept continue to ask me to open doors for gas company people to let them in!! I did not understand why that needed to be done while his guests are in the apartment.
- And because of the gas situation I was not able to use stove.
- There is a door with net outside of the main door, where the net was ripped, suspicious too! The placement of the lockbox is in a very odd position.
- The lighting in front of the door is so poorly that we had to keep using our phone lights and that felt unsafe as well.
- The door lock was not locking properly from outside.
- Also when we turned on the temporary heater that was there since it was getting cold, the heater shut off saying Filter Change!!
- So overall very poor maintenance.
I would say the decor was nice enough and the location being close to the University and by the Lake was my reason choosing the property. But wouldnât stay again bc of bad experience.
This stay worked well for us for a weekend to enjoy Chicago. The space was neat and functional. For the check-in/check-out information I had to ask the host for details as it wasn't available for me in the app.
The apartment was clean and updated, and in a great location. The building is old, so lots of creaks and noises, and a few cracks in the walls/ceiling. We were only staying for a few nights and did not need more than the bedrooms and bathroom, but the kitchen was not as supplied as other rentals I've stayed in.